Stanford Baseball Game Notes 1987 and 1988 NCAA Champions | 16 College World Series | 30 NCAA Regionals Baseball Contact: Niall T. Adler | [email protected] | o: (650) 725-2959 (also rings to cell) | www.gostanford.com Record (28-12, 10-8 Pac-12) UPCOMING SCHEDULE Weekend Series: 8-2, v. Top-25: 14-7 OREGON ST. Weekend Rotation #10 Vanderbilt No. 7-ranked Stanford (28-12, 10-8 Pac-12) Friday: R-Appel, SU 6-1, 2.73) Feb. 17-18-19 ......W 8-3, W 9-5, W 18-5 will travel to Oregon State (28-14, 9-9 Pac-12) v. L-Wetzler (5-2, 3.18) Saturday: L-Mooneyham, SU (5-4, this weekend for a three-game series on Fri- 3.98) v. L-Fry (4-3, 2.25) at Pacifi c day at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at Sunday: Vanegas (3-0, 2.77) or L- Tues., Feb. 21 ....................... W 9-7 (11) 1 p.m. Saturday’s game will be live on Root TV Hochstatter (3-3, 3.24) v. R-Child (4-3, 2.65) (Direct TV: 687, Dish: 426). Stanford has won # 7 Texas Feb. 24-25-26 ...W 7-2, W 6-2, | W 15-1 the last two Pac-12 series over top-25 Arizona ................................................................ State and at UCLA. The Cardinal close the NEXT: no midweek, host WSU next weekend UC Davis Pac-12 slate with OSU (28-14), Washington Tues., Feb. 28 .............................. W 5-1 State (23-18), Utah (12-30) and Cal (23-18). Catcher Eric Smith continues to lead the club at Fresno State with a .323 average. Mar. 2-3-4 ..............L 4-7, W 16-0, W 9-2 In the Rankings OSU Series at Saint Mary’s • Stanford moved up to No. 7 in the USA Today/ • Stanford leads the series 39-26 Mar. 6............................................ W 5-0 Coaches poll, No. 10 in Collegiate Baseball and since 1964. They’ve split the last No. 12 in Baseball America. Stanford has been in eight series. #4 Rice the top-10 all season. A preseason No. 2, Stan- Mar. 9-10-11 .. W 4-2 (10), W 11-6, L 0-1 ford was ranked No. 1 in the USA Today Coach- Weekend Rotation es Poll the last week of February and were in the • Stanford will toss RHP Mark #29 Southern Cal* top-two in each of the fi rst seven weeks. In 12 of Appel (6-1, 2.73), LHP Brett Mar. 25-26 ....W 4-2 (1), W 3-2 (2), L 4-8 the last 25 seasons Stanford has been ranked Mooneyham (5-4, 3.98) and at No. 1. either RHP A.J. Vanegas (3-0, Saint Mary’s 2.77) or LHP John Hochstatter Mar. 28........................................ W 10-4 About the Beavers (3-3, 3.24) this weekend. OSU (Bat: .278, ERA: 3.48, Field: .974) is scheduled to throw LHP Ben at #8 Arizona* • Pat Casey’s Beavers dropped a series at USC Wetzler (5-2, 3.18), LHP Jace Mar. 30-31-1 ...............L 7-8, L 2-4, L 2-6 after beating No. 11 UCLA two weeks ago. At 9-9 Fry (4-3, 2.25) and RHP Dan in the Pac-12, OSU has also won series with Cal Child (4-3, 2.65). Saint Mary’s Apr. 2 .....................................W 9-8 (12) and Washington and dropped series to Arizona and ASU. Tyler Smith leads ranks third in the Pac-12 Race at Washington* Pac-12 with a .384 average with a team-high 34 • Oregon (14-7) has a 0.5 game Apr. 5-6-7 .................W 5-2, L 4-6, W 8-6 runs, while Michael Conforto has a Pac-12 lead- lead over Arizona (12-6). UCLA ing 54 RBIs to go along with a .584 slugging per- (12-9) is 2.0 games back, fol- at California centage and .356 average. At .277, the Beavers lowed by Stanford (10-8) at 2.5 Apr. 9 .......................................... W 19-6 are ninth in the Pac-12 in batting. On the mound, games back and Arizona State Jace Fry (2.25), Dan Child (2.65) and Ben Wet- (11-10). OSU is 9-9 and 3.5 Pacifi c zler (3.18) have the team’s to three ERAs. Closer games back. Oregon is at Ari- Apr. 11 .......................................... W 8-3 Tony Bryant has eight saves and a 3.42 ERA. zona in a key matchup. #10 Oregon* Washington State* Apr. 13-14-15 ............L 2-4, L 0-5, W 4-2 May 11-12-13 ...............6:00 | 2:00 | 1:00 Offense Ticking Again • After scoring a combined eight runs against Oregon and San Jose State San Francisco Apr. 17 ............................................L 2-3 May 15 .............................................5:30 San Jose State (and going 1-4), Stanford has scored sev- en runs or better in six of the #20 Arizona State* at Utah* Apr. 20-21-22 .......W 17-5, W 8-7, W 9-5 May 18-19-20 ...... 5:00 | 3:00 | 12:30 PT last eight games, batting .294 in the process. The Cardinal Brigham Young at Santa Clara are also 6-3. This past week- Apr. 24 ........................................ W 10-9 May 22 .............................................6:00 end Stanford outscored No. 10 UCLA 18-11, after taking at #10 UCLA* California* care of No. 20 Arizona State, Apr. 27-28-29 ...........W 7-2, L 4-7, W 7-2 May 25-26-27 ..............5:30 | 1:00 | 1:00 34-17. The Cardinal have also dropped top-10 foes Texas at San Jose St. (Blethen) NCAA Post-Season (28-5), Vanderbilt (35-13) and May 1 ..............................................L 5-8 Selection Show May 28 - 9 a.m. ESPNU Rice (15-9). Stanford was 16 NCAA Regionals June 1 - 4 hitting .312 before the fi nals at Oregon State* 8 NCAA Super Regionals June 7-9 or June 8-10 May 4-5-6 ....................5:35 | 1:05 | 1:05 break, going 13-2. College World Series June 15-25/26 PROGRAM HISTORY NCAA Championships (2): 1987, 1988 CWS (16): 1953, 1967, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008 Super Regionals (Since 1999) (8): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011 Post-Season (30): 1953, 1965, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 Projected Starting Lineup Stanford Coaching Staff Player Yr B/T Notes Director of Baseball C-- Eric Smith Jr. L/R Bench Watch List is leading hitter at .323 • Mark Marquess ‘69 enters his 36th season as the 1B-- Brian Ragira So. R/R RBIs in all 3 games at UCLA, 38 total on year Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Director of Baseball. 2B- Brett Michael Doran So. R/R 9 starts at 2B since Kauppila injured, He entered the season with an overall record of SS-- Kenny Diekoreger Jr. R/R Started at 2B and SS, Hitting .300 w/ 30 runs 1422-741-7, producing 2 NCAA titles (1987, 1988), 3B-- Alex Blandino Fr. R/R 21 Starts All Since March 26 7 Super Regionals (six titles), 14 College World Se- LF-- Stephen Piscotty Jr. R/R Team-High 49 RBIs, Batting .317 ries, 27 NCAA Regionals and 12 conference titles. CF/LF-- Tyler Gaffney Jr. R/R 40 runs, team-best 23 BB, 15 HBPs He is one of just 10 coaches to have played and RF-- Austin Wilson So. R/R Team-best 42 runs, team-high 8 homers coached in a CWS, doing so while a player in 1967. DH-- Danny Diekroeger So. L/R Hitting .359 in 18 games He also won a Gold medal as the head coach of the 1998 Seoul Olympic team and won a gold medal Projected Starters Yr T Notes at the 1967 Pan Am Games. He carries a 120-59 Mark Appel, RHP Jr. R Pac-12 leader in Ks, 5 starts with 10+ Ks postseason record and 36-25 CWS mark. Brett Mooneyham, LHP Jr. L Has not won since March 26 (0-4) AJ Vanegas, RHP So. R 2.77 ERA as weekend starter and reliever Longtime Lieutenant John Hochstatter, LHP Fr. L 3 runs in fi rst at SJSU on Tuesday • Fellow alum, Dean Stotz ‘75, has been with Mar- quess for all 35 years. In his current role, he is the Bullpen Yr T Notes team’s primary hitting coach, since 1997. As the re- David Schmidt, RHP Fr. R 6 ER v. BYU after 1.52 ERA cruiting coordinator he has had two of the top-fi ve Sahil Bloom, RHP Jr. R Win on Sunday at UCLA, 2.72 ERA in 15 gms clases in 2010 and 2011. He has developed such Stephen Piscotty, RHP Jr. R 7 relief appearances since April (2.53 ERA) Major Leaguers as Carlos Quentin, Johnny Bench Dean McArdle, RHP Jr. R Team win leader last 3 years (15-5) Award winner Ryan Garko, Sam Fuld, Jody Gerut and Jed Lowrie. From 1993 to 1996 he was the Head Coach Yr Record Notes team’s pitching coach, working with Cardinal stars Mark Marquess 36th year 1450-753-7 2 National Titles (1987, 1988) Kyle Peterson, Chad Hutchinson and Jeff Austin. (1977-Present) (28-12) 5 CWS Championships 14 College World Series Pitching 27 Regional Appearances • Veteran coach Rusty Filter is in his third season as pitching coach. He coached his third fi rst round Spartans Sweep Season Series pick--Chris Reed, last season and has another in • San Jose State swept the season series with Stanford, following an 8-5 win over Mark Appel this year.